Of course, I believe sanctions are a very important tool to use against the Taliban and other terrorist groups operating inside Afghanistan, and we have to remember that it's not only the Taliban.
These sanctions will create the leverage needed by individual countries and the international community vis-à-vis the Taliban and other terrorist groups basically at a time when the international community has left the country, leaving them with $7 billion worth of arms and equipment and creating a situation where human rights are being violated. Half of the population, women, are being erased from public life, and other atrocities are happening. As I mentioned, the Amnesty International report came out yesterday. There has to be leverage against this terrorist group.
If we give up on this leverage, what else do individual countries or the international community have against this oppressive regime, this terrorist group, that has taken the whole country hostage and is oppressive and tyrannical?
It is very important to strengthen the sanctions regime, whether it's in the UN or individual countries, as long as the Taliban are acting in such a way that is not in the interest of Afghanistan's people or the international community.